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January 2009 Blog
Rick Hampton Square Dance Caller
 

January 1st 2009
HAPPY NEW YEAR
A GREAT NEW YEARS EVE PARTY AT WHIRLAWAYS
More Soon

Rick

January 21st
Hey we have a new president!- Now everything will be fine- sigh- Brace yourselves for "change"
Anyway S/D has sufficient politics (hehehehehe)
So far 2009 has been good- 2 Trips to SoCal and 4 good dances, A sizable new dancer class in Visalia and A Great recording session!! I had good news about a piece of property I'm selling- That is till this "rich guy" saw the capital gains tax- Unbelievable- I guess I should have gone BK and signed up for welfare and the amazing benefits "change" has promised-oops, there I go again.
In SD I see quite a few former dancers returning, I'm glad- maybe I'll make up for the tax, one couple at a time......sigh

Rick

January 30th
I've been very busy this month ( Actually a knee problem has slowed me down from calling-But busy in my office)
The knee is better-not good- better w/meds-the kind you cant drive with.  We finally sold the 12 acres (after trying for 2 years) so I've been catching up on some debt.  My oldest is going to be a Mommy in August- My Youngest enters the Navy in July- I suspect my heart attack will follow shortly::))  MWSD is going good in 72% of my groups (I made that up)
Sadly the Visalia Group has wound up with the smallest class in 25 years- Maybe 12 people- That's less than half of the recent average- I guess we were due.  I should be able to make all my groups this week- Unlike last week and I'm off this and next weekend- Then it's full steam ahead till April.. Hey 10 days into the New Prez and so far no actual explosions- (Many policy ones though)

Rick